"What the heck? You're already there??"
Fang Shuo was shocked and searched Zhang Siming's live stream, only to find that he wasn't streaming.
Good heavens, sneaking off without streaming??
"How did you do it?" Fang Shuo couldn't help but ask.
Zhang Siming didn't hold back: "I assembled a team of four, avoided battles all the way, and just went over mountains and ridges to get there."
"Your teammates didn't mess around?"
"Everyone wants the 'Dream Builder' honorary player title, why would they mess around?" Zhang Siming asked, puzzled.
"My teammates also want the title, but that doesn't stop them from screwing around..."
"That won't happen. We're all in the same room, anyone who messes around will face real-life consequences."
"All in the same room?" Fang Shuo was taken aback.
"Yeah, I pulled my teammates together."
Fang Shuo was silent.
He had already retired and had no teammates to pull.
After a brief moment of sadness, he was filled with envious itching.
He picked teammates in the live stream, and his means of identifying them were very limited. When selecting them, they all looked like experts, with game time longer than the next.
But once they started playing, they were either noobs or suddenly switched weapons.
He now highly suspected that the game time some people sent him was sent by others, or simply photoshopped!
"Why aren't you streaming?" Fang Shuo said, expressing his desire to watch.
And maybe learn a trick or two.
Zhang Siming politely declined: "Let's just forget it. If the fans see us, they'll scold us for not doing our jobs properly."
After all, they were a professional team.
Not practicing shooting and playing matches, but playing 'Monster Hunter' in the training room, did look a bit unprofessional.
But Fang Shuo highly suspected that this wasn't the real reason.
—You guys haven't been doing your jobs properly since day one!
Although he was the first to shout out the idea of "Rushing the ultimate boss with no equipment," there must be many people with the same idea.
It's just that many people didn't make a sound but were secretly taking action!
On one hand, they were absorbing the experience and results of publicly acting teams like his, and on the other hand, they were hiding their own discoveries—whether it was maps, monsters, shortcuts, or clues to lift the ice seal.
In the end, they would secretly create a big news story and suddenly win the [Honorary Player] title!
Too insidious!
Fang Shuo was very envious.
So he decided to imitate them.
… …
The number of posts in the Dream Port 'Monster Hunter' section has increased dozens of times compared to before the game's release.
Looking at the titles, there were all sorts of things being said:
[Hunting! Awesome! Dream Builder is awesome as always!]
[Oh my god, this Serpent King Dragon looks even bigger than in Xu Meng's live stream!]
[Starting by fighting the Serpent King Dragon alone, but what if I can't break its defense?]
[Can a pro take a look? Is the huge shipwreck at the Investigation Outpost dock a jumping puzzle?]
['Monster Hunter' Photography Collection]
['Monster Hunter' Worldview Analysis]
[5-minute No-Damage Poison Bird Speed Kill!]
[Gun Shield Stacked Armor Full Damage Stream Wheelchair Gameplay Incomplete Guide, you lose if you don't dodge!]
[Can you get married in this game? I want to marry a Felyne!!]
… …
Fang Shuo was overwhelmed by the strange and varied posts.
He even suspected: The game has only been open for a few hours, how could so many posts have emerged?
Are these people's sharing desires so strong?
Of course, suspicion is suspicion, but this doesn't stop him from joining in.
He clicked on the post wanting to marry a Felyne and replied:
"Another day of being stunned by the heaven-defying furry control."
Next was the stacked armor full damage stream strategy post:
"It's only useful in the early stage. If you dare not move later, no matter how thick your armor is, it will be smashed into a small pancake."
Then there was the post discussing "What weapon is the strongest":
"Does this even need to be asked? Boss Xu has already demonstrated it, of course it's the Hunting Horn!"
… …
Fang Shuo was so addicted to browsing posts and chatting nonsense for more than half an hour before he remembered the main business and seriously posted a recruitment post.
But no one paid any attention to it.
After a while, only three or five people replied.
They also looked very unreliable.
Fang Shuo was very patient and put the post aside, continuing to browse the strange and varied posts of netizens.
… …
… …
In an office of the 'Monster Hunter' development team, a small group was also browsing Dream Port and social networks, observing player feedback.
Good reviews were smiled at and swept away.
Bad reviews were carefully read and analyzed to determine whether to report them upwards.
Ge Ming was browsing and saw a post praising Felynes:
[The development team is really a genius, the flat-chested Felyne design is so cute! I really love them to death!]
Ge Ming smiled slightly and subconsciously classified it as a "good review," flicking his finger to swipe it away.
But the moment the post swiped past, he suddenly felt like something was wrong.
After a moment of愣, he pulled his finger down and pulled the post back.
He carefully read the title word by word before finally discovering what was wrong:
"Flat-chested Felyne????"
He blinked and patted his colleague beside him: "I remember in the game, although Felynes have males and females, there is no distinction in body type design, right?"
"Body type?" The colleague was also stunned for a moment. "Aren't they all androgynous body types? Gender is distinguished by names, equipment, clothes, and color schemes."
Ge Ming blinked blankly and pointed to the post on his screen.
A question mark also floated on his colleague's head.
The two clicked on the post.
They found that it was full of furry control's love for Felynes, and a large number of screenshots and group photos from various angles—some of which looked particularly perverted.
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Below the post, someone had the same confusion as Ge Ming: "Aren't Felyne body types all the same?"
The poster replied: "Do you know the [Tactile Residue] game feature? It's that when switching maps, the things and people in your hands will retain their sense of touch."
"You pull the Felyne's arm to switch maps, and touch it yourself while the interface is loading, and you'll know, the feel is very different!"
The poster spoke with certainty.
Ge Ming was also a little unsure.
"Could it be that someone mixed private goods into the model?"
"Impossible, right?" The colleague was also unsure. "If you really want to design loli Felynes, just tell the boss, the boss is very tolerant of various XPs, right? Taking the risk of doing it yourself, being discovered is no small matter, you'll lose your job."
Xu Meng hated the behavior of hiding private goods.
He could accept the developers' whims and was very tolerant.
As long as you say it out loud, he won't stubbornly refuse most of the time.
But doing it silently and secretly putting in private goods is another matter!
Anyone who dares to do this will definitely be kicked out of Dream Builder, and will be sued and held accountable.
"Just in case, let's report it first."
"This sensory residue is also a problem, I feel it can already be classified as a bug."
Ge Ming hurriedly reported this post and related content upwards.
—
In another office's decision-making team, the atmosphere was several times more enthusiastic than the observation team.
They needed to quickly discuss the results of each submitted question and deal with it—
"The Great Jagras' difficulty must be reduced! More than 6% of players have died here twice in a row. As a first hunt for beginners, the difficulty is too high!"
"It's already very low!! The Great Jagras' damage has been cut to the ankles. If you can't get past this, do you have to cut all the later BOSSES as well?"
"We already have a mechanism to reduce the difficulty after three failed hunts, that's enough!"
"Why not consider the Jyuratodus' problem? Many players have reported that the movement speed in the swamp is too slow, and it's particularly disgusting to fight, and the mud splashing is also very annoying."
"That makes sense, why not weaken some of the swamp's terrain effects?"
"Someone has developed a super Dragon Piercer, is this considered a bug?"
"The sensory lag mechanism also has problems, it must be modified! But what's with eating Felynes' tofu??"
"The feel is different? Nonsense! The modeling and code are exactly the same, how can the touch be different? It's just the psychological effect of a perverted furry, right?"
… …
… …
The office was bustling.
After the game was fully launched, the number of players exploded from more than 2,000 to millions or tens of millions.
Countless people's whims collided together, and inevitably many problems that were not discovered during the internal test appeared.
Everyone was very busy, but each of them was in high spirits and had no negative emotions.
The reason is very simple—
'Monster Hunter' sales are too high!
Three days of pre-orders have already broken the record of 13 million copies on all platforms. Now that it's officially on the shelves, it has broken 16 million copies in less than two hours.
There is great hope that it will surpass 20 million copies like 'King of War' or even create a higher record!
How could everyone not be excited to create such a record with their own hands!
Until, in the atmosphere of a carnival, a discordant voice suddenly sounded: "Is there a problem with the company's network?"
"Why is it suddenly so laggy?"
Everyone turned back from the heated discussion and found that there were more or less network problems.
… …
At the same time, players in the 'Monster Hunter' game suddenly discovered that they had clearly hit the monster, but it didn't lose health.
There were also strange monster flashes and frame drops.
After checking, they found that the game latency had suddenly increased several times!
"What's going on? Are there too many people and the server can't handle it?"
—
In Xu Meng's office, Xiao Meng suddenly looked at Xu Meng:
"Master, our server is under attack!"
"The intensity is very high!"
